Table 1 Key Elements of Central Slaughtering of Live Poultry Policy

• Creation of live-poultry-restricted areas where new wholesale poultry markets cannot be built and live-poultry trading is restricted to only a few qualified retail/wholesale markets

• Regulations on central processing of live poultry in only a limited number of licensed slaughterhouses within live-poultry-restricted areas

• Ban on taking live poultry out of wholesale/retail markets within live-poultry-restricted areas

• Ban on trading live poultry outside live-poultry markets that are within live-poultry-restricted areas

• Ban on leaving live fowl overnight at live-poultry markets within live-poultry-restricted areas [33]

• Regulations related to daily disinfection procedures at live-poultry markets within

• live-poultry-restricted areas [34] and weekly cleansing routines

• Closure of live-poultry markets within live-poultry-restricted areas on a monthly basis [35]

• Regulations on handling diseased poultry and potential contaminated facets

• Segregation of live fowl from other market products, and creation of physical barriers between consumers and poultry holding, slaughter, or sale zones

• Requirement to teach essential basics on prevention of the avian influenza infection among poultry market workers

• Installation of refrigerators and containers to preserve chilled products [extra expenses for installation covered by government subsidies]

• Regulations on transportation delivery of chilled products to markets